37-55-2023-FCA=.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 55 OF 2023 Stephen Nelson Swami … Appellant Versus Shruti Stephen Swami … Respondent …………. Mr. Ritesh M. Thobde a/w Mr. Darshan Singh Rajpurohit for the Appellant. None for the Respondent. …………. Coram : M. S. Karnik & Sharmila U. Deshmukh, JJ. Date : October 13, 2025. P. C. : 1. Learned counsel for the appellant seeks leave to withdrawn the Family Court Appeal with liberty to file writ petition challenging the impugned order passed by the Family Court dated 3rd August 2021 in Petition No.A-143/2019. The period spent in prosecuting the Family Court Appeal being bona fide, delay if any in filing the writ petition / appropriate proceedings shall be sympathetically considered. Uday S. Jagtap 1 of 2 UDAY SHIVAJI JAGTAP Digitally signed by UDAY SHIVAJI JAGTAP Date: 2025.10.13 18:18:50 +0530 37-55-2023-FCA=.doc 2. The Family Court Appeal is disposed of as withdrawn keeping all contentions open, with liberty. [ Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J. ] [ M. S. Karnik ] Uday S. Jagtap 2 of 2